TMC’s oppression surpassed those of British: Suvendu at Bankura’s Hul festival
"It's shocking that in 2025-26, the previous government allocated a meagre Rs 6 crore for the entire 75 blocks of Junglemahal districts," Suvendu Adhikari said.
"It's shocking that in 2025-26, the previous government allocated a meagre Rs 6 crore for the entire 75 blocks of Junglemahal districts," Suvendu Adhikari said.
The remarks came as the Assembly passed the West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026.
In 2022, TMC delegates voted to make Mamata Banerjee chairperson for life. The rebel faction replaced her with Arup Roy on June 22 without convening a single conference. Four police complaints followed within a day.
The TMC is fighting a civil war. Fifty-eight MLAs on one side, Mamata Banerjee on the other. Now one of her loyalists says the BJP government is picking winners through selective arrests. The Taratala case is the latest flashpoint.
The political developments gathered pace on Monday when senior leaders, including Firhad Hakim and Aroop Biswas, were seen in the special session of the rival faction at a five star hotel in the eastern fringes of the city.
On Wednesday, Suvendu Adhikari took oath in the state Assembly as an MLA from Bhabanipur.
Speaking in Kolkata, Dilip Ghosh claimed that investigations into corruption allegations against TMC leaders had earlier been blocked due to a lack of administrative and police approval.
By declaring that “the enemy’s enemy is my friend; our first enemy is the BJP,” former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may have done something almost unthinkable in Bengal’s bitter political history: signal a tactical reconciliation with the very Communist movement she spent decades dismantling.
The Bengal BJP chief also issued a warning against any attempts to create unrest or disturb law and order following the change in government.
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the police administration and the BJP, alleging that permission was denied to host programmes by “Desh Bachao Ganatantrik Mancha” to celebrate Rabindra Jayanti in Kolkata.
